Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 September 1923 — Page 4

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THE FIERY CROSS Priday, September 28 1923

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Upper and Nether Millstones Covrrnor Warren T. McCray and hia present predicament carry a lesson and afford food for thought to all native born Hoosiera. In Ills interview to the Indianapolis Star and his "statement" to the people ot Indiana, he asks a question, "Should a personal misfortune, due primarily to economic conditions, disqualify anyone from holding an office of public trust?" To tills, there is but one answer and any fair-minded human being would answer decidedly, "No,"' but Governor McCray's "economic condition," ns he well knows, is not due to present misfortune. The conduct of his personal affairs has been far from what it should be, and to those who are well informed, it is a fact that he is only reaping what he has sown. His statement that he is taking the citizens of Indiana "closely into liis confidence" comes with ill grace, and his "plea for sympathy" simply indicates a hick of moral courage to meet the issue squarely. It Is but an attempt to deceive the people. His plea to protect his creditors, his family end his good name, is a plea to protect the governor himself, a victim of his own shortcomings and misdeeds. The irony of Jim Goodrich, Charley Jewett and others demanding the

governor's resignation for "political reasons." adds further emphasis

to a well-known fact that their political system in Indiana is the most

cruel, relentless and terrible thing that blights and sears and crucifies those who are no longer useful, and who no longer serve the political purposes of a small group which have controlled Indiana to their own

selfish ends for many years. That Governor McCray would "contaminate them" is ton ridiculous and absurd for consideration, and Hoosiers are torn between sympathy on the one nan? and violent rage on the other at

a situation so intolerable which is yet but the result of our political

system. Governor Warren T. McCray is being" ground between the upper -mill

Etone of his own acts and economic failure and the nether millstone of a relentless political system. Possibly, after all, the milk of human kindness should prevail and It Governor McCray has the moral courage-to meet his problems courageously possibly then he would be entitled to

the sympathy of Indiana citizens, but with-the record of facts before them the votes of Indiana, we opine, will not be very charitable. Again, Christ the Imperial Pilot

Napoleon once said to Count Manthlon: "Can you tell me who was Jesus

Christ?" The Count declined to answer and Napoleon said in substance, "Well, then, I will tell you." Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I founded great empires, not upon an ideal or principle of common good, but upon force and selfishness. Jesus founded His empire upon love and Justice, and to this day millions upon millions the world over will gladly tile for him, while I am condemned to St. Helena." With Christ the Imperial Pilot and His principles of love, right and Justice as its foundation, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will go on mid ou, a mighty wave of light and truth and will endure. Just, so long as it holds to and remains true to its principles, and no longer.

The ability to gat ahead In life la a natural trait of every normal human being; but la the case of the gentle governor ot Oklahoma, the bump seems to be vividly overdeveloped. It wasn't so much Constitution week as It was "lawyers' week." And many people ylpped and yelped about the sacred document of liberty who had nn mora patriotic lore for It

than some of us hare for a dead fish.

Then What Will They Dot

Mad Pat O'Donnell has started a

llvelv Inflammatory process In tne

bodv nolitlo at Fort Wayne, no

doubt. It will require several corn-

Detent surgeons to heal tne lnrec

tion. Of the five hundred curiosity

seekers who gathered at Elks nail

to hear the violent and fanatical as

sault UDon one hundred per cent

American Christians, more than a

few were observing members oi tne

patriotic order which Patrick lov

ingly defamed. And the despisea

names of these earnest inquire

wprfl not all down on the stolen

records" either. The great day for unmasking may come sooner than the enemy expects. At which time

Pat will probably warble a cnantey with the deep sea sailors to the

tune: "Oh, mamma, what shall 1 say 9 . . , - : , .1

to mm wneu l meet, mm i" light?"

Oklahoma Shame

Solid Americanism Counts John Eight Point called the attention of the faithful some, time ago to the fact that everything of a true stabilizing value in Europe seems to come from America or through American sources. At that time the vitality of American finance and itS normalizing effect in relation to Eu

ropean commerce were noted. Just recently new evidence of the esteem

in which American dollars are now

held has been received, the illustration being a particularly striking one. At the municipal casino at Danzig gambling in marks has ceased because figuring gains and losses at roulette or baccarat causes insanity. This view can be easily understood when one reflects that a five hundred million mark note has just been issued at Berlin and that it is onlyworth about five dollars in Uncle Sam's money. Hence the authorities have banished German and Polish marks and have imported several

barrels filled with good hard Amer

ican dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars. Danzig is now operat

ing on an American dollar basis, and

American silver has quickly passed

Into eeneral circulation.

Gambling is undoubtedly wrong, but the power of solid Americanism appears to be felt even in it. The

whole European money system is vitalized by the power of the American fathers who erected a financial

system upon a base of good govern

ment that has had no equal in tne

hole range of history.

little red sehoolhouse; when yon ac

cuse we Mian ai a crime HKe moo-

bug or lynching, yen hod the Bible down from Its nlace on the family

altar. "How long, oft. Lord, shall

these wicked prosper against ubV

most be the prayer In many a loyal

juan Home today. e But Yon 'Can Hear Anything

You-will hear the Klan accused of being a commercial machine. You

will hear men say that those who

are associated in the development

ot the order are In the thing merely

to reap a rich reward. Such state

ments are so far from the truth that final enlightenment should make our

adversaries sick. In point of fact.

no other workers are as poorly paid from a money standpoint, as ours

For example, for every hour John Eight Point puta into this writing he could receive at least three times

as much money for the same time invested in his regular vocation. The same thing is true of thousands of others. We seek we workers for

the Klan we toilers for our chil

dren and your children seek ONLY

the salvation of American institu

tions and American government

from the vile hands of the power

hungry, gold-crazed, intolerance-fer

tilized, greed-begot mongrels of the world. Pay? Does any one think there can he enough pay in gold to make any man endure patiently the accursed attacks of our enemies? The thought is ridiculous. The only pay we can ever hope to have is a broad country filled with peaceful homes that smile contentedly in the sunshine of a perpetual serenity a serenity of nobility and purity across the face of which is written the old American tradition of power, of faith and of liberty.

th and

And they made a chart of ways

means

Which the world called liberty:

Ont ot tbe deep ot night and" time,

They pointed a path Jike a knife:

And they started ns sharp on the

sacred quest Toward the gates of a better life.

They taught us to make our schools

and church Like the lights that lead from the rocks;

They taught us law and respect for

truth "To stand all the enemies' shocks;

But we heeded not and we cared

not at. all, And we mixed our royal blood.

Until the words of the guides were

lost In an Immigration flood!

Now

to the old,

we come again

sharp Trail, "

And we seek for a helpful mark;

We bend again to the toilsome urge,

(Continued From Last Issue)

"Just notice who are opposing the Ku Klux Klan. You win find the lawless element, the dangerous radical, the corrupt politicians, the prostituted press, the scheming foreigner, all huddled together under a common flag and singing a hymn of hate against the Ku Klux Klan. On the

And we cleave a way through the other hand, you will find the decent dark. papers, the faw-abldinz citizen, the

And God alone, the Father of all, school teachers and the Protestant

Can say where the Trail now ministers backing the organization.

leaas. You simply chooso in which class

But we know that He will guide us you put yourself."

back-

THAT'S THE HELP THAT KLANSMAN NEEDS!

RIGHT AGAIN

The situation that is acute in Oklahoma is more or less extensively apparent in the South and Middle AVest and even in the oldest communities in the East. It is easy to condemn and look askance at Oklahoma, but Illinois with l.er Henin blurred across the face of her history New Jersey with her Perth Amboy, a blotch upon her escutcheon Ohio with her Youngstown and Steubenville riots, fresh upon her records, with Springfield still a festering political and uneivic sore -and Kentucky where free speech is getting to be a farce, are not, we trust, tempted to cast the first Stone. The people of Oklahoma, or at least a political majority, in choosing Jack Walton as executive head of the government, insured misgovernment by that very act and the responsibility is theirs alone. Governor Walton was elected by a combination of circumstances and political influences, which hart no political intelligence or civic conscience. He represents a state that is yet in its swaddling clothes of statehood, the selfish de

structive interest of certain classes. The radicals in union labor, the

unreasonable discontentment among farmers, half-baked social reform

ers, and, In fact, every class that has no interest in American principles nnri nn rtnvntlon to nn American system of ordered government and

liberty.

The deplorable state of affairs in Oklahoma discloses an utter absence of civic intelligence in the choice of its officials. Government in Oklahoma

la crumbling through vicious forces of class and group interests alien to America and because o,f a lack of understanding and clear devotion to

American principles. We venture that little thought was given last week, designated as Con

stttutional Week, to the constitution or any of its fundamental ideas. Just this sort of situation and this un-American condition has made the Knights

of the Ku Klux Klan possible, desirable, needful and the first solidified

unit, rededicating themselves to the constitution and reaffirming their al legiance, not only to American ideals, but a pledge to a better understand Ing and interpretation of those ideals,

The American people, and the Protestant's particularly, in this state and community, owe it to themselves and to their children to learn and

apply the lesson of Oklahoma's shame.

At Any Cost

The Klansman does not seek for

war Red war is for a slave-

But truth and justice are his right,

And freedom he WILL nave;

Leading the World in Crime

(From the Dearborn Independent) Recently at a play a sensational episode was presented on the stage, involving a display, of pistols and rage. The spectators looked, ot course, for the usual shooting and murder to follow but instead were treated to an unintended lesson in the restraint which the law holds

over the criminally minded. Reminders of the law Interposed to foil the crime. ' As the humorous paragraphers would sa-y, "find the error in that sentence." But there is no error. It actually occurred. The explanatory fact is that the play was a British play and was true to fact in Britain. An American-made play could never have .survived such an anticlimax. There are twenty times as many murders in New York City every -year than in all England, Scotland and Wales. There are ten times as many murders in Chicago every year as in -all Francs

What is the reason? One reason

no doubt, is the polyglot population

but at Best it is only a secondary reason. The principal reason is the

political aspect of American justice.

In a recent Boston campaign the

writer heard all sorts of candidates

from congressmen down, base their pleas for election or re-election on their record for getting accused men out of the toils of the police or free

in the courts. Just as there are in

dustires that claim special tariff pro

tection, and support the officials who

secure that protection, so the crime industry of the United States looks

to politics generally for protection

The only people who ever talk about

having "influence" in official circles are those whose misdeeds cre'ated the need for it The plain citizen

has no "influence" and does not

know how to go about to get it. . There is less Justice and more crime in the United States than in Great Britain or France. Which means that in those countries there Is more Justice and less crime. Jt might be well for the government to study the methods by which the authorities overseas avoid the political necessity of coddling rlmtnala.

Barbarians Change Places Formerly, the hordes of barbari

ans were nurtured upon the steppes

of Asia, but now they are springing

up from the slums and alleys or our great cities like flies in a shambles.

Murderous gangs In New Yoric ana

Chicago leap up from nowhere like

demons at old magic words. No nu

man being is exempt from attack, by

gunmen and ruffians. Gibbons re

mark that civilization need no longer

fear a barbarian onslaught has lost

its significance. Wild enemies oi

law and righteousness rise on all

sides with such incredible speed and

Insolence that the authorities are al

most hopeless in the face of the sit

uation. It it were not for the bene

flcent and protective power of the

Klan, working in harmony with the

aims of properly constituted autnon ties, the country would be in con

stant dread and danger from the

alien thugs of the twentieth cen tury.

Quivering Under the Lash The spectacle of a great state quivering under the lash of military authority called out by a powersick autcorat appears for the first time in American history. That the Klan is merely an obstacle in one man's Satanic rush toward something still unseen and so dreadful in its import to Americans that the whole state might well shudder, is an accepted fact. That the Klan will emerge successfully from a throat-to-throat struggle in which every bullying force at the command of autocracy has been used, is equally clear to the observer.

Free speech may be choked to

death; newspapers may be censored; legislators may be jailed for the performance of their sacred

amies; civu courts, civil govern

mentsall may be defied and tem

porarily disintegrated and their functions destroyed for a time; but truth crushed to earth shall rise again on

wings of light, and immortal liberty,

dignified by faith in God and purified

humanity will lead the outraged peo

ple into new safety.

The man whose theatrical fulml

nations and assumed wrath have

aroused the attention of the world only uses the Klan as a mark to

which he can divert the thought of

the general public for a time. In

other words, the fight is a blind to

conceal a very real purpose. Like glycerin tears in the eyes of a movie actress, his emotions are artificial

rather than real and are spread

where they will do him the most

good. If he can censor the news

papers and jail all of the makers of law, he can have no opposition in a

course which apears. on the face

at least, to be as reckless and as un-

deviating in its race toward hell as

that of the Kaiser.

Without further comment George

signed the card and handed it to

Bronson.

'Alright, I will call you when we

need you." said his employer, bidding him good night

On Thursday the air was again

filled with reports. The Ku Klux

(From the Indianapolis Commercial) were going to have a big initiation

j . , - . , pomewuere near town tnat nignt. Wo can not refrain from again iw.mw r,t ,o.mJ

congratulating the Indianapolis Star city that afoon on way on - its unusual but nevertheless eastward. Hundreds of people were commendable editorial treatment of congregated on the sidewalks, trythe police situation in Indianapolis. ing t0 get wind of Ume and lace

iua owi oajo. 0r tne Die meeting. Manr strnrnrnrs

Chief Rikhoff Is in general charge were obsarvort nn th strata a

of the department and Supervisor string of men were going in and out Mullin is directing the operations of 0f the Woodmen hall, carrying suitthe detective branch. If the men case3 which they loaded Into waitunder them are quarreling, quibbling, iDg automobiles, insubordinate and inefficient, the ob- rpir, . ' . .

vious course is to put competent g on tha TmTon. "Be "ai heads in control If the mayor wants s ,th results he should get rid of Rikhoff ..w., readv fnr T, n

and Mullin; put in charge men who have about hundred others. It's are big enough to command the re- a-big open.air affalr. Just wait Ior

y,i lav"""' "" hue and I will come by for you with

vii 7i tio!r rlnnortmonta a thnao aVtrmlri I

Ka tQ,iQH the w ,o,T. Ho waited anxiously until shortly

:r:.. Part eight (no one In the South Is

Tt nrsnt We a snmmarv of the "cr ou aaa ai lasi n.ne Dig

obvious, and a summary that reflects "rSn cartdr?7el.Up.,and x,halted at

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meat cutter la a butcher shop at Prairie City. Taylor wondered how he had ever succeeded in getting into

" wjjamzauon wmcn seemed so sublime as this one. Klansman today are still wondering about tha same thing. George did not like Rigdon. He was one of the talkative flippant type which the old folks call "Smart Alecks." He was one of the throe who had stood on the street corner and talked about Francos with Stewart. Taylor remembered him well. He was sorry this pimp was to be his partner, but ho could do nothing to prevent It With slow tread the five hundred "aliens" advanced across the field, crushing the lush winter grass under their feet. They were at last

seated in a semi-circle beneath tha

cross and the Cyclops, or leader ot the ceremonial, mounted the plat-

iorm. tie was m a flowing white robe with a mantle of red and gold thrown over his shoulder. The altar was draped with the Stars -and Stripes and on it was an open Bible. He lifted his hand and all the vast throng grew silent.

"Faithful Klansmen. I

he sa'id.

the Judgment of practically all of

the citizens of Indianapolis who are L ph, n r ,Z not o.nntrnliAd hv some selfish Christian Church; County Sheriff

I Hflorrv and sthaa mhnm iia aA

not know,

"We're going about five miles into

not controlled

motive.

We can readily .understand that

while Chief Rikhoff continues to re

Its Master's Voice The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, as it listens to its master's voice, admits editorially that although the governor of Oklahoma got off on the wrong foot the Klan is nevertheless a "serious menace." Quite so the Klan is a "serious menace" to outlaws, red immigrants, filthy city officials, graft, political greed, subsidized or frightened-into-fits, Rome-colored newspapers, and other things that are similarly foreign to good, clean American citizenship. It is "serious" to the subsidized News-Sentinek

Oklahoma Is no longer a state It

Is merely a state of mind.

The Klan does not arrogate to It

self special powers y It does not

nsurp civil authority; floes not countenance moWs outlawry, whipping parties, or lynch Justice it never did. These assertions have been repeated and proven se frequently that It Is now only the willfully Ignorant or Intentionally malevolent that accuse the fraternity ef

sins which can not be proren against It. .The Klan, stands purely for nnperverted and "undiluted Amerloanism citizenship In Its highest

meaning. 'Only the on-American or

iraorant baexwooasman mreen a

steady stream of vituperation

aralnst the most benevolent organ

Ization this world has ever known.

When Ten threw stone at the Klan

yon knock a window pane ont ef the

Tis a long, long Trail we start upon

Ob, friends of the Steadfast Eve

And no one knows where it will

lead, Save our dear God on high.

It was set for us at the Country

dawn, We must follow it hard and fast.

But no ohe will know the toil of the

thing Till we get home at last!

The Fathers who wrote the guide

words said

port by special messenger to the th6 country, Taylor," Brownson lnedltorial rooms of the Iews and formed him, "but don't worry, we'll falthfnllv carries out the orders he bring you back."

receives there that paper will con- "l didn't know he belonged to this

tlniiB to he blind to hia inefflciencv. baniU Of outlaws, laughed Rev.

It is also quite apparent that until ray-

the absentee owners and managers "He does not yet but soon will be-

of the Times realize that a news- long," Brownson said, "A poor alien

paper in Indianapolis can not be seeking citizenship in the Invisible

Cincinnati, no intelligent treatment This band of outlaws. It struck

of local subjects can be expected Taylor's mind like the thud of

from that source. leaden hammer. So often had he

It remains, - then, for the Star, imagined a Ku Klux meetine to be

which keeps a member ot its own a rendezvous of bandits and a convo-

organlzation high in the official fam- cation of vicious terrorists, and now

ily of Mayor Shank, to bring the! he was riding to one in a luxurious

mayor to a realization or tne un- car, in company with a minister and popularity and the actual harm to a county official! Strange outlawry

himself which he is shouldering in khis! The language all the way was

tne protection oi ponce incompe- cnaste and renned as befitted men tents. of culture. The minister grew

In our judgment, Mr. Rikhoff and poetical and quoted an original son-

Mr. Mullin are not the only incom- net concerning the beauties of Klanpetents that should be relieved of kratt The county sheriff repeated their responsibilities. But we join some of his harrowing experiences with the Star in insisting that the in his moonlight raids on bootleg-

house-cleaning process should start gers' dens, and told how the Klan

with these two. . had helped him. The others, like

And we know that no police chief Taylor, remained silent

except Rikhoff would, for a day, tol- Once out on the main pike they

erate reiauonsmps Deiween a name took their place in the constant

captain land a can company, sucn as stream of automobiles which were

are nowvmamtamea between Mute all bound in the same direction.

Glenn and Mike Moroney ot Yellow They drove about five miles down

oaD tame. the pike and turned off mto a coun-

A little investigation in the de- try lane. At the Junction of the two

partment Dy a cniei wno aoes not roads a small American flair flut

have to be officially Informed thatftered. All the cars turned at this

the day's worlc has begun and the point. The lane led them a few

sun is hign in tne Heavens will re- hundred yards through a grove of veal the cause of the .dissension that I scrub cottonwooda and ereen mes-

exists to the detriment of police quite, then emerged only to lose itwork. - I self in the bosom ot the open Drairie.

Mayor Shank may well be assured At the edge of the woods they were

that when the cause of dissension is accosted by the -first pickets of the

really uncovered it win oa round tol Klan guard. These white-robed sen-

be entirely different from the fan- tinels lifted their hands In a oer-

cled influence ot the Ku Klux Klan, I pendlcular salute and were answered

which he is new setting up as a by those within the car. A little

cover for the truth. further on, and the whole landscape

seemed alive with white figures

Thousands of cars Were parked in a

semi-circle around the field. Two

horsemen rode alongside the car and

received the password from all save

Taylor and the two strangers,, then they were allowed to park their cars and enter the guarded field. A more striking sight he had never witnessed. Thousands of men, all similarly clad, stood in picket rows

around, the enclosure. Some were

masked, but most of them had their

visors thrown back from their faces. The robes rippled in the wind, their high-crowned helmets gave them an appealing - picturesque appearance.

Hundreds of flags were everywhere in evidence. And against the sombre background of the night eky.

seemingly suspended between

heaven and earth, gleamed an Immense fiery cross, symbol of the Ku

Klux Klan. A few mounted patrols rode back and forth across the field, their horses, like themselves, draped in the beautiful and mysterious paraphernalia. , Taylor was led to the far corner ot

the enclosure where he was Intro

duced to a few of the five hundred others who were to receive the mys

tic rites that night A band struck

up the "Star Spangled Banner" and

I the entire . assemblage arose and

lifted their voices in song. It was

Inspiring to hear the words of -that

famous old hymn of battle coming

from five thousand lusty throats. A

bugle sounded and the rtiualistle

work Was on. The candidates were, separated Into pairs and stood In a long row. . They chose as George's partner a red-haired youth whom he

soon recognized as "Bed". Rigdon; a

A KLANSMANTS CREED -I believe in God and in the tenets of the Christian religion and that a godless nation can not long prosper. I believe that a church that is not grounded on the principles of morality and justice is a mockery to God and f man. I believe that a church that does not have the welfare ef the common people at heart is unworthy.

I believe in the eternal separation of Church and State. I hold no allegiance to any foreign government, emperor, king, pope or any other foreign, political or religious power. . I hold my allegiance to the Stars and Stripes next to my allegiance to God alone. I believe in just laws and liberty., I believe in the upholding of the Constitution of these United States. I believe tliat our Free Public School is the cornerstone of good government and that those who are seeking to destroy it are enemies of our Republic and are unworthy of citizenship. v I believe in freedom of speech. believe in a free press uncontrolled by political parties or by religious sects. I believe in law and order. ' I believe in tke protection of our pure womanhood. y. I do not believe in mob violence, buti do believe that laws should be enacted to prevent the causes of mob violence. I believe in closer relationship of capital and labor. . I believe in the prevention of unwarranted strikes by' foreign labor agitators:! . believe in the limitation of , foreign immigration. I am a native-born American citizen and I believe my rights in this cotntry are superior to those of foreigners. . - ' 1 .

There was loud apnlause and

again silence.

"My tenors and Klansmen." ha

continued, "We are about to enter a

solemn and sacred ceremony, in which five hundred blinded aliens seeking light and understanding, will

ue snown tnrougn tne portals into ' the mystic realms of Knighthood.

oeiore we engage in this holy service, let us pray."

Five thousand men went down nn

their knees there in the open prairie.

ine cross mazed with a light ever resplendent, the red moon climbed like a forest fire up the horizon and shed its mellow glow over the suppliant thousands. "This band of outlaws" the phrase rang in George's memory. He had never imagined an outlaws' meeting opened with prayer! The clear resonant voice of the cyclop3, petitioning the Heavenly Father for strength and guidance for this cause, could be distinctly heard in all parts of the field. Rigdon nudged George. 1 wish they'd hurry," he whispered; "this Is hurting my knee like the devil." Taylor scowled at him and he kept quiet The men arose from the prayer and the officer addressed himself to the candidates. "Sirs, you are about to enter into a sacred and unfailing bond of knighthood, and you must do so unequivocally and without mental reservation." He wa

speaking in slow and distinct tones, easily understood. "If at any time

in this ceremony, you feel you" can not go further conscientiously, you may retire with the good will of the order. But should you nrov traitnr

to the trust confided in you, you will be banished from the Klan without

rear or iavor. There Is no nenaltv

save the torturing conscience. In

order to determine your desires la

tnis matter I must have an em

phatic affirmative answer to each of

tne roiiowing questions:

Is the motive prompting vour am

bition to be a KIansman&eriou3 and

unsemsnT

"Yes," came a chorus of answers. "Are you native-born white ftentila

citizens of the United States?"

The answer of . five hundred

sounded like the roar of the sea.

"Are you absolutely oDoosed to

and free of any allegiance of any

nature to any cause, government people, sect creed or ruler that is foreign to the United States of America?" "Yes." "Do Vou believe In the tenets of the Christian religion?" . A half thousand made answer. "Do you esteem the United States ot America and its institutions above any other government civil, political and ecclesiastical in the whole world V "We do!"

"Will you defend white

acy? '

"Will you defend the Constitution of the United States and uphold our laws?"

They answered in the affirmative. "Then you will now olace sourself

in tbe proper position and take the

following oath. Repeat after me:"

Word by word, sentence by sen

tence, five hundred men repeated

that oath which has been assailed

in court and through the press as un-American and dangerous,

"i most solemnly assert and affirm that to the Government of the United States of America, and any state thereof of which I may become a resident I sacredly swear an unqualified allegiance above any and

every ama or government in the whole world. I hear and now tiled ee

my life. my. property, my vote, and

my sacrea nonor to upholding Its

nag, its constitution and constitutional laws, and will protect-defend

and " enforce "same unto death. To,

all of which I have sworn by this oath; J will seal with my blood, Be Thou my witness. Almighty . God. Amen.' ' I y These men arose to a sitting posture. "Kladd of. the Klan!" commanded the officer. The man. at hit side stood attention .and saluted. "My Tenors and Klansmen! " .

suprem-

- (To Be Continued) v , . The next Installment of Th Bounds ot the Law" wilj, appear Ha this space next week. 4 ,